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ghost in Kamilaroi and Kurnai

YEAR
1880
PLACE
New South Wales
SOURCE
Internet Archive
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ghost in Kamilaroi and Kurnai

ted, "Never the sharp barn (shall catch me)." This is incessantly' repeated in a monotonous chaunt. There can, I think, be little doubt that, given the belief in the magic powers of the individual and in his survival as a " ghost," another belief would follow — namely, that those of the deceased, w…

Record ID
3,393
Year
1,880
Source
Internet Archive
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Record ID
3393
Source
Internet Archive
Publication
Kamilaroi and Kurnai; Lorimer Fison and A. W. Howitt
Published
1880 public-domain Australian ethnographic book exposed through an exact Internet Archive item
Narrative type
Ghost and Apparition Accounts
Public-text label
ghost
Archive period
Gold Rush Colonial
Location
New South Wales and Victoria (NSW): B
State or territory
NSW
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ted, "Never the sharp barn (shall catch me)." This is incessantly' repeated in a monotonous chaunt. There can, I think, be little doubt that, given the belief in the magic powers of the individual and in his survival as a " ghost," another belief would follow — namely, that those of the deceased, who in life were possessed of highly magical powers, might as ghosts exert their evil influence upon their enemies. But I have no direct evidence to give in support of this suggestion. I have mentioned men called Birraark,* who professed to Bin-aarks have communion with ghosts. Unfortunately, the last ghosts. Birraark died long before I.

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